{"product_id":"far-from-the-tree","title":"Robin Benway: Far From The Tree [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE U.S. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2017 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Sometimes, family hurts each other. But after that's done you bandage each other up, and you move on. Together. So you can go and think that you're some lone wolf, but you're not. You've got us now, like it or not, and we've got you.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When 16 year-old \u003cb\u003eGrace\u003c\/b\u003e gives up her baby for adoption, she decides that the time has come to find out more about her own biological mother. Although her \u003cb\u003ebiological mum\u003c\/b\u003e proves elusive, her search leads her to two half-siblings she never knew existed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaya\u003c\/b\u003e, 15, has been adopted by wealthy parents and seems to have the picture-perfect family - that is, if you look past her alcoholic mother and the fact that Maya stands out like a sore thumb. \u003cbr\u003e Older brother \u003cb\u003eJoaquin\u003c\/b\u003e hasn't been so lucky. At 18, he's shuffled between \u003cb\u003efoster home \u003c\/b\u003eafter foster home, always careful never to get \u003cb\u003eattached\u003c\/b\u003e to anyone or anything, because it always gets \u003cb\u003etaken away\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e When these \u003cb\u003ethree siblings\u003c\/b\u003e come together, they find in themselves the place they can \u003cb\u003ebelong\u003c\/b\u003e, while the \u003cb\u003esecrets\u003c\/b\u003e they guard threaten to explode...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell and Nicola Yoon, \u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a raw, compelling, and ultimately uplifting story of what it means to be family. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Benway's unforgettable novel explores the paradoxes and entanglements of unconventional families ... It's a melodrama, to be sure, but with as much brain as heart. Benway writes with remarkable control and has the rare talent of almost vanishing as an author as she inhabits each character's perspective.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFamily issues are neither airbrushed nor oversimplified... From the first page to the last, this compassionate, funny, moving, compulsively readable novel about what makes a family gets it right.' \u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Equally heartwarming and heart-wrenching... Benway delves into the souls of these characters as they wrestle to overcome feelings of inadequacy, abandonment, and betrayal, gradually coming to understand themselves and each other.' \u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eFar from the Tree \u003c\/i\u003eis the kind of book that strikes close to a reader's heart. I had to know what happened to Grace, Maya, and Joaquin, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Beautiful.' \u003cb\u003eAlly Condie, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of\u003cb\u003e The Matched Trilogy\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a touching story about the strength and love of unconventional families, and the unbreakable bond of siblings near and far. Robin Benway's characters are authentically crafted, full of heart, hurt, and hope.' \u003cb\u003eBrandy Colbert, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePointe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle \u0026amp; Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'In the eloquent confidence of its life-embracing argument, the book really is something special' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Praise for\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmmy \u0026amp; Oliver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e 'Robin Benway writes with her full heart. \u003ci\u003eEmmy \u0026amp; Oliver\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuinely sweet and funny novel bursting with the inextinguishable forces of love-between parents and children, distant and inseparable friends, new and reunited lovers.' \u003cb\u003eStephanie Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsla and the Happily Ever After\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eEmmy \u0026amp; Oliver\u003c\/i\u003e is wonderful. 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